Combined mailing wrapper and cover for magazines and the like



Sept. 28, 1943. c ME 2,330,619

COMBINED MAILING WRAPPER AND COVER FOR MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE FiledMarch 14. 1942 INVENTOR. 32 A Rev C PwwE/PA NZ ,4 "-3 gilt/f M TTOR EYSPatented Sept. 28, 1943 COMBINED MAILING WRAPPER, AND-COVER,

FOR MAGAZINES AND *THE IiIKE.

, J g k qme eN wie k N-, Application March 14,1942;Serial No.*4S4, 7-35"ZLQIaims. (cum-e81 My present invention relates generalgly :8,

combined cover and mailing wrapper 1101', abook or a magazine ormerchandise of ,a .similar character. a a a 7 My invention was developedinitially for use with books and magazines 7 and I have thereforeillustrated my invention as so embodied and will makemy disclosure byreference tosuch embodiment. This manner of disclosure is not intendedto be limitative unless so specifically expressed in the claims.

In one aspect the general object of my invention is the provision withaprotecting cover for a book magazine or the like, of an arrangementwhereby this protecting covermay serve initially to package a book ormagazine for mailingpurposes. n i

From another aspect my invention ,relatesto an arrangement whereby amailing wrapperor package for a book magazine or the like, may

thereafter serve as a protecting coverthe'refor.

In the embodiment illustratedin the drawing I show the attainment of myobiectiveasfollows: I associate with a wrapper .so dimensioned that itcan be foldedabouta book ormagaz'ine to form a protecting cover thereforwith lend flaps folded under the top and bottom ncoversnof the. book ormagazine, an additional flapforming member 'so characterized anddimensioned and related to the aforementioned wrapper that when thewrapper is folded, thisthird'fiap can be caused to span the open end ofthe book or magazine to thereby complete theypackaging of the book ormagazine for mailingpurposes.

For the attainment of these objects andeuch other objects as mayhereinafter appear orube pointed out I have illustrated one form-of myinvention wherein: Y 7

Figure 1 shows one embodiment 'of my mailing wrapper and cover inperspective before folding;

Figure 2 shows it in its relation to aemagazine when serving as awrapper for mailin purpeses;

Figure 3 shows the mailing wrapper-,of Figure 2 opened so that itbecomes .a ,bookcover;

Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken on line 44 of Figure 2, and iFigure 5 is a section similar to that of Figure 4 of a modifiedembodiment.

Upon reference to Figure 1 it will be observed that my combined mailingwrapper or packagin wrapper and cover comprises what I shall term themagazine cover forming member to which the refernce character A has beenapplied and an extra or added flap member whereby it and"the coverforming member may serve initially to package or wrap thebook ormagazine for mailing purposes.-

I here 'prem se -that the book or magazine cover 5 formingpart A maybeformed of a material or so devised that it can readily be folded aboutthe bool z or magazine toform aprotecting cover 'therefonduring the usethereof, and that. its dimensionstariefthose dictated primarily by the.10 iz b ih b ki m in with m i i to b e emp loyed and that it may befolded thereabout in any preferred or desired manner to form aprotectingcover thereforasfor example in the manr ershowa n ur n t be m fulshownjfer example in Figure 3. For convenience of de s,cription 1 willrefer to the parts l'ii .and [I [defined inJFigure 1 between the centralfold line CQan dthe fold linesDDand EEto each side thereof as the book.or magazine cover en- ,gagmgportions ofv the wrapper and theendpor-'tionsQilZ and I3 .as the flap portionsywhich as shown inFigure 4 areintended tobe folded to engage around and underthe top andbottom covers,(in- G; of the magazine; Mite complete the "protecting engagement of thejcover; about the magazine.

,Referring again to Figurel of the. drawing it ,will beobserved that theflap B is shown, as comprised of portions, l5 and l6, and that the linewhichudelimitsthese portions approzimateslthe .jfolld line DD whichdefines the /flap l2. It will ,furtherbe qbserved that the part 15 ofthe flap BQis, secured to the parti0 of the govern in any preferred ordesired mannerL-as by adhesive but that;the portion I6 thereof is freeand unattachedf For reasons that will, beshortlyunderstoOd-the width, ofthe portion 16. of the ,flap B. is su'chthat when the wrapperlA isfolded into its cover engaging relatioln }with the, maga- ,zineasaforementioned,{the portionjiifi which fin fact is carried, by andextends from) the book "or i magazine .eover engaging portion [0 L of.the wrapper, canbe caused to -span the open end of the magazine or bookand to be engaged with the other magazine or book cover engaging por- Ition II and to be secured thereto in any preferred or desired manner,again as by adhesive 20. As a result of this arrangement the cover A andthe wrapper B when folded and related to a magazine or book asaforementioned and as shown in Figure 2, completes the packaging of themagazine or book whereby it can be transmitted through the mail. It willbe understood that the wrapper B while shown as secured to the coverportion H] in Figure 1 can be secured equally well to the other coverportion I l in that figure.

The'packaged magazine of Figure 2 can be opened in any preferred ordesired manner as for example bytearing' through the portion I6 Where itspans the open end of the magazine in v the showing of Figure 2. Tofacilitate this oper-- ation I show in that figure the-incorporation'fferes with the convenient use of the book. For convenience I may employtear strings 32 and 33 at the tear lines 36! and 3! to assist in thisoperation.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A combined cover and mailing wrapper for a magazine book and the likeof a readily foldable material, said wrapper comprising: (a) a mainsection foldable about a magazine along a line transverse andintermediate of its width to a tear string 25. By reference to Figures land 2 it will be observed that this tear string is shown as locatedapproximately along thefold" line DD although this is not essential;This tear;

string 25 is operated by using the extending end 26 thereof to tearthrough the flap portion 5- so that the mailing wrapper assumes thecondition shown in Figureif wherein it-has become essentially aprotecting cover for the magazine.

U A magazine generally diiiers] from a. book in the respect that theformer is relatively thin and has covers which are almost as flexible asthe printed sheets. This permits the magazine to be bent, folded andcompressed at its open edge. This significance of'these factors is thatthe portion It which is required to span the open end of the magazinemay generally be relatively narrow. I have attempted to show this inFigure 4. As a result when the package is openedas by pulling on thedraw string 25, the spanning portion which remains attached to the covermember-ll in Figure 4 will also be relatively narrow andlwillinterferevery little if any with the normaluse' of the'magazine. The situation issomewhat different where the packaging of a book is concerned because abook generally has a ,thick-.

ness of the order of 2 /2" or more and therefore will require a spanningportion in the flap of a width equal to that thickness. The provisionfor tearing through this spanning portion disclosed in Figures Zand 4will leavefa freely hanging flap portion of a'width approximately equalto the thickness of the book. To meet this situation my inventioncontemplates "that the arrangement for opening the package be such thatthe'jspanning portion is substantially entirely removed and for theattainment'of this objective I provide in Figure 5, an arrangement sothat the flap B? can be torn through along two'parallel lines spacedapart a distance substantially equal to thethickness of the book. Thesetwo parallel tear lines" can be provided in any preferred or desiredmanner. 'In Figure 5 Ishow the two tear lines 30 and 3| so positioned onthe fiap'B that when ther fiap B is secured in position 'as'shownin'Figure 5to complete the book packaging, the tear lines 30 andfilwill'be located approximately'in .line with the side edges of thefront and back covers of the book." There- 'iore' severingthefiapB"a1ong"these two tear lines,'will resultin a'separation of that portionof the flap B which spans the open end of the book; In this way openingthe package does not leave a hanging portion which impairs orinterembrace the bound edge of the magazine and to overlie and protectthe respective cover members thereof; (b) flap portions extending fromthe opposite side edges of said main section and adapted to be foldedaround the edges of the respective cover members into engagement withthe inner surfaces thereof; and (c) a third flap .member carried by saidwrapper and extending jlaterally beyond the main'section to overlie one.of said'fiapportion'slto an extent so that when the'w'rapper is inposition to embrace the back andvcover members of a magazine with thetwo first'lmentio'ned flap portions in the aforementioned .enfoldingrelation to the cover members of the magazine, the third flap can becaused to extend from one cover member and be secured to the other covermember to thereby COll'lplete a closed mailing wrapper for the magazine,

whereby upon destruction of the Wrapper closure efiected by this thirdfiap; the wrapper can then remain to serve as a cover for the magazine.

2.Acombined cover and mailing wrapper for a' book made of'readilyfoldable material, said wrapper comprising a main section foldable abouta book along a line transverse and intermediate of its width to causesaid wrapper to embrace the bound edge of the book and to overlie andprotect the respective covers of the book, said wrapper comprising alsoflap portions extending from the opposite side edges of said mainsection and adapted to be folded around the edges 'o'flsaid'covermembers and to engage with the inner surfac'es thereof, said wrappercomprising athird flap member extending laterally "beyond the mainsection to an'extent so that when the wrapper, embraces the back andcover members with the'two first mentioned flaps in the aforementionedenfolding relation thereto, the third flap can be caused to extend fromone cover member and be secured to the other cover member to therebyspacethe open end of the book and complete a closed mailing wrappertherefor, whereby'upon destruction of the wrapper closure effected bythis third flap, the wrapper can then remain to serve as a cover for themagazine, said third flap having its top and bottom edges co-terminuswith the'top and bottom edges of the Wrapper cover element with which itis associated; and means whereby the spanning portion can be removed bytearing along parallel lines positioned approximately at the free sideedges of theback and front book cover members.

HARRY 'C. POMERANZ;

